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ICE Kills

ICE Kills ICE Kills

The human cost of ICE’s expanded enforcement is measured in lives. Since January 2025, at least 10 people have been fatally shot during immigration enforcement operations.

Jul 20, 2026 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Janiform on display at the Louvre

Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories

In “Dog Days,” LaBarge blurs the lines between memoir and criticism.

Jul 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Poole

People look at their phones as they travel on a U-Bahn train at Alexanderplatz station in the Mitte area of Berlin, Germany, on August 26, 2024.

The Bitter Paradox of German Racism The Bitter Paradox of German Racism

I left America in 2017 to flee an authoritarian government and the culture it facilitated. What I found in Berlin was not all that different.

Jul 18, 2026 / Edna Bonhomme

US President Donald Trump gestures after addressing the nation on July 16, 2026.

Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent schools Democrats on the proper response to Trump’s speech. Plus: Where have all the African American baseball players gone?

Jul 17, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Richard Lingeman, longtime executive editor of The Nation, at the magazine’s copy office sometime in the 1990s.

Paying Tribute to Richard Lingeman—Longtime Executive Editor and a Quiet Force at “The Nation” for More Than Three Decades Paying Tribute to Richard Lingeman—Longtime Executive Editor and a Quiet Force at “The Nation” for More Than Three Decades

A man of few spoken words, on the page he was a marvel.

Jul 17, 2026 / Obituary / Nation Contributors

The King's Speech

The King's Speech The King's Speech

Foreign malign intelligence.

Jul 17, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Monitors display US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

Trump’s Election Fraud Speech Was a Sick Joke—and a Threat Trump’s Election Fraud Speech Was a Sick Joke—and a Threat

Not even Fox News buys Trump’s new lies, but they will be used to undermine the midterms.

Jul 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Nancy Pelosi puts her ballot envelope in a ballot box during the Get Out the Vote rally in San Francisco, California, on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Even Nancy Pelosi Is Voting to Cut Aid to Israel Now Even Nancy Pelosi Is Voting to Cut Aid to Israel Now

Yet Democrats such as Haley Stevens, Angie Craig, Wesley Bell, and Greg Stanton are still voting for blank checks. Their primary rivals have something to say about that.

Jul 17, 2026 / John Nichols

The Fight to Stay

The Fight to Stay The Fight to Stay

A country of immigrants that ejects immigrants?

Jul 17, 2026 / OppArt / Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa, and Peter Kuper

President Donald Trump mimics gunfire during an April press conference on the Iran War.

The Politics of Cruelty Starts With the Vulnerable The Politics of Cruelty Starts With the Vulnerable

Trump’s attacks on Somali kindergarteners, immigrants, and the rule of law form a coherent authoritarian project. But voters and the courts are pushing back.

Jul 17, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

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